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Carol Smidts Professor The Ohio State University

 Nuclear Reactor for in-situ testing of sensors  Laser lab for development of non-destructive evaluation of materials properties  Molten Salt Laboratory, Materials corrosion laboratory, and Fuel-Cladding-Chemical Interaction facilities  Thermal Hydraulics in High-temperature Reactors, including both HTGRs and FHRs  Two-phase Flow Experimentation, Modeling and Simulation  High-temperature Compact Heat Exchanger Testing and Modeling (Helium, Fluoride Salts, Supercritical CO 2 , and Water)  Probability Risk Assessment, Software Reliability, Human Reliability, Digital Instrumentation and Control 2

Jinghui Wang, Padhraic Mulligan, Leonard Brillson, and Lei R. Cao, 2015, "Review  of using gallium nitride for ionizing radiation detection." Applied Physics Reviews 2, no. 031102, 1 - 11. J.H. Wang, P. Mulligan, L. R. Cao, Transient Current Analysis of a GaN Radiation  Detector by TCAD. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A :. Vol. 761, no. 11: 7-12. 2014. Padhraic Mulligan, Jie Qiu, Jinghui Wang, Lei R. Cao, Study of GaN Radiation Sensor  after In-core Neutron Irradiation. IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science . Vol. 61, no. 4: 2040 - 2044. 2014 Evan. J. Katz, Chung-Han Lin, Jie Qiu, Zhichun Zhang, Umesh K. Mishra, Lei Cao,  Leonard J. Brillson, Neutron Irradiation Effects on Metal-Gallium Nitride Contacts, Journal of Applied Physics , 115, 123705, 2014. Chung-Han Lin, Evan J. Katz, Jie Qiu, Zhichun Zhang, Umesh K. Mishra, Lei Cao  and Leonard J. Brillson, Neutron irradiation effects on gallium nitride-based Schottky diodes. Applied Physics Letters , Vol. 103, no. 16: 1-9. 2013. In collaboration with INL but not supported by NUC  “Subsurface imaging of grain microstructure using picosecond ultrasonics ”, M.  Khafizov, J. Pakarinen, L. He, H.B. Henderson, M.V. Manuel, A.T. Nelson, B.J. Jaques, D.P. Butt, D.H. Hurley, Acta Materialia 112, 209 (2016) “Local measurement of thermal conductivity and diffusivity”, D. H. Hurley, R. S.  Schley, M. Khafizov, B. L. Wendt, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 123901 (2015) 3

Jie Qiu, Evan Katz, Chung-Han Lin, Lei Cao, Leonard J. Brillson, The Effect of  Neutron Irradiation on Semi-insulating GaN. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids . Vol. 168, 1- 9. 2013. P. Mulligan, J.H. Wang, L. R. Cao, Evaluation of Freestanding GaN as an Alpha and  Neutron Detector". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A :. Vol. 719, 13-16. 2013. M. Chen, J.E. O’Brien, S.J. Yoon, R.N. Christensen, P. Sabharwall, and X. Sun,  “Thermal -Hydraulic Performance of a High-Temperature Zigzag-Channel Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger,” International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR2016), Las Vegas, November 6-10, 2016. Chen, M., Sun, X., Christensen, R.N., Shi, S., Skavdahl, I., Utgikar, V., and  Sabharwall , P., November 2016, “Experimental and Numerical Study of a Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, 97, pp. 221 -232. Ham, T.K., Arcilesi Jr., D.J., Kim, I.H., Sun, X., Christensen, R.N., Oh, C.H., and Kim,  E.S., April 2016, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Initial Stages of a VHTR Air-Ingress Accident using a Scaled- down Model,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 300, pp. 517-529. Skavdahl, I., Utgikar, V.P., Christensen, R., Sabharwall, P., Chen, M., and Sun, X.,  April 2016, “Modeling and Simulation of Control System Response to Temperature Disturbances in a Coupled Heat Exchangers- AHTR System,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, 300, pp. 161-172. 4

Sabharwall , P., O’Brien, J.E., Yoon, S.J., and Sun, X., December 2015, “Experimental  Facility for Development of High-Temperature Reactor Technology: Instrumentation Needs and Challenges,” European Physical Journal (EPJ) N: Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, 1, 14. Yoon, S.-J., Wegman , K., O’Brien, J., Sabharwall , P., and Sun, X., “An Analytical  Methodology to Evaluate Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of Compact Heat Exchangers, Accounting for Heat Loss,” Proceedings of the 2016 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2016), San Francisco, CA, April 17 – 20, 2016, pp. 1081-1090. Muzhi Zhu, April 2016, “Design of an Online Monitoring System for Degrading  Hardware Components Using Failure Modes and Effects Analysis,” Undergraduate Thesis, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Huijuan Li, Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Carol Smidts , 2016, “Failure Diagnosis for the  Holdup Tank System via ISFA,” ANS Winter Meeting 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, accepted Muzhi Zhu, Rachit Aggarwal, Shannon Bragg-Sitton, Carol Smidts , 2016, “Effect of  Aging and Demand for Reliability Analysis of Degrading Components,” ANS Winter Meeting 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, accepted Q. Guo, M. Pietrykowski, R. Aggarwal, C. Liu, C. Smidts, "A Distributed Test Facility  for Cyber-Physical Systems: Part I. Fundamental Principles," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, to be submitted 2016 5

NUC Worksho kshop: : “Accident Management: Emerging R&D Needs and Approaches”  Participant(s) : Xiaodong Sun, Carol Smidts and Tunc Aldemir MOOSE OSE Train inin ing g Worksho kshop: (April 5-7, 2016)  Participant(s): Dr. Shanbin Shi NUC Revie iew w Meetin eting:  Participant(s): Raymond Cao, Marat Khafizov, Carol Smidts, Xiaodong Sun, Jinsuo Zhang, Shanbin Shi, Rachit Aggarwal, Huijuan Li and Sha Xue Stud udent ents s bein ing g funded:  Rachit Aggarwal, M.S. in ME Huijuan Li, Ph.D. in ME Bobak Rashidnia, B.S. in CS Sha Xue, Ph.D. in NE Xiaoqin Zhang, Partially funded, Ph.D. in NE Stud udent ents s funded to PhD:  Qingti Guo, Ph.D. in ME, Aug 2015 6

Title Descript criptio ion INL & Universit rsity y Collab abora rators rs Focusing on understanding the Studies of Lanthanide - Jinsuo suo Zhang ng – OSU transport mechanisms of lanthanide Transport in Metallic - C. Unal - LANL transport in fuel, then to understand on Nuclear Fuels - Robert bert Marriani ni - INL how to minimize the FCCIs - Jinsu suo Zhang ng - OSU OSU Alloys Agents to Stabilize - Mike Short - MIT Focuses on development on new Lanthanides Against Fuel - Mich chael ael Benso son - INL additives develop to minimize the FCCIs Cladding Chemical - Robert bert Mariani ani - INL NL - Yongfeng feng Zhang ng – INL NL 7

Title Descr cription INL L & Uni niversi ersity y Collab aborato ators -Xiao aodong ng Sun n (co-PI PI) ) -Nam Dinh (PI) – North Carolina State University - Hany Abdel-Khalik – Purdue University -Abhinav Gupta – North Carolina State University -Igor Bolotnov, John Baugh, Maria To develop and demonstrate a data- Avramova – North Carolina State driven methodology for validation of University Development and application of advanced computer models used in -Philippe Bardet – George Washington a data-driven methodology for nuclear power plant safety analysis. University validation of risk-informed Specifically, the advanced computer -Rober bert Young ngbl blood, Crist stian an Rabi biti, , safety margin characterization models are those in the toolkit to Steven ven Presco scott – Idaho aho National nal models (IRP-RC-1 – FY 2016) support risk-informed safety margin Labo borato atory characterization (RISMC) -Weiju Ren – Oak Ridge National Laboratory -Robert Sewell – Structural Integrity Associates Inc. -Ramprasad Sampath – Centroid PIC Inc. -Anh Bui – Consultant -Jeffery Lane – Zachry Nuclear Engineering Inc. 8

Title Descr cription INL L & Uni niversi ersity y Collab aborato ators This project addresses the need for research informing plant engineers and control room operators faced with -C. Smi midt dts (PI) ) – The Ohio State University cyber-security threats on appropriate -Q. Zhu- New York University Support for Reactor Operators responses. The approach taken uses - I. Ray – Colorado State University in Case of Cyber-Security (NEUP distinguishing features of safety - T. T. McJunki unkin- Idaho aho National nal Project 16-10744) related events versus cyber-security Labo borato atories es threats; attack modeling, prediction, - J. Hollern- Areva game theory and PRA knowledge to update operators procedures; and simulation for validation.​ - Monitoring of Actinide - The objective of this research is to Concentrations in Molten LiCl- fabricate a sensor prototype for KCl Salt using Alpha measurement of actinide -L. L. Cao (PI) ) – The Ohio State University Spectroscopy concentrations in a molten salt and -G. G. Fredr edrick ckso son - Idaho aho National nal after successful bench testing, to test Labo borato atories es the sensor in a salt environment at - M. Simpson – University of Utah temperatures up to 500 °C at lab- scale. 9

 Pursue current LDRDs which are planned to end Sept 30, 2017  Develop joint research activities in the areas of robotics. 10